Creating a Successful Leadership Style

requesting one is almost certainly requesting a three prep program. In ad- dition, the assignment of these classes can be linked ...

acceptance of such a proposal by all parties is not a given. Acceptance is far more likely in a school with a good ambience and ...

so forth squirreled away somewhere. This is a response to shortages in the past, shortages caused by administrators who did not ...

Assistant principals deal with such duplication issues. In general, hu- manities teachers fall into the “Let’s keep running pape ...

teacher at this school ever had to worry about basic supplies. Therefore, it was not unusual for departments to “pool” their Tea ...

sufficient to pay for replacement copies when books become obsolete or just too beat up to use. What is not taken into considera ...

Mr. Pfizer’s results were not all positive. While teachers want to have books, they also dislike not giving books to students. S ...

In general, PA announcements are abused by every institution. A teacher is building her lesson to a resounding crescendo when a ...

It is not unusual for schools to have incoming students report to school a day before the entire student body reports. They are ...

period. This will disrupt the next class, but students will be able to eat their lunches. By implementing all or some of these s ...

no fire. The all-clear signal is given. However, this student has broken the law. Setting off a false fire alarm is a potentiall ...

* Another teacher bugaboo is the class coverage. Almost every teacher feels that finding a coverage assignment in her mailbox ...

of students can report to a large classroom or auditorium or lunch room for a lesson taught by an assistant principal or, in a p ...

Retirement incentives were given to teachers to minimize layoffs. How- ever, as class size limits were mandated by contract, som ...

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99 In today’s world of school leadership, collaboration, shared decision making, and empowerment are buzz words. In most school ...

others in the decision-making process leads to broader support for deci- sions and better implementation. The issue is not wheth ...

Two administrators: The principal and an assistant principal selected by the other assistant principals. By regulation, the pri ...

and a reasonable quorum policy determined. At the time, Mr. Chen did not realize the positive impact this would have years into ...

All the previous year’s student achievement results (i.e., results of stan- dardized tests) A copy of the school budget for the ...